Pimiento
THE FULL SET · SONGS FOR THE ALBUM “DE VIDAS Y MUERTES”
Lyrics (Spanish)
Viejo pimiento, hoy vuelvo a visitarte Dicen que sabes tratar males de poetas. Con el corazón afuera nací, desde niño quiere más que latir. No quiere que yo le cuente del mundo, por sí mismo él lo quiere sentir. Viejo pimiento, mi refugio y mi lugar. Desnudo el corazón, todo lo atraviesa: Farol en tormentas, pero se quiebra con un mirar. Ama rápido, sin medida va. Encuentra belleza en lo sencillo. Pero en su sangre carga con penas ajenas, y se funde. Si a quedarse afuera insiste, En tu sombra déjalo latir. Viejo pimiento, fuiste el juego en mi infancia. Me cubro con tus hojas pa volver a nacer.
English Translation
Old pepper tree, today I come back to see you, They say you know how to heal a poet's wounds. I was born with my heart outside, since childhood it wanted more than to beat. It won't hear my stories of the world, it wants to feel it by itself. Old pepper tree, my refuge, my place. The heart laid bare, everything passes through it: A lantern in storms, yet a single glance can break it. It loves quickly, without measure it goes. It finds beauty in simple things. Yet in its blood it carries others' sorrows, and dissolves in them. If it insists on staying outside, let it beat in your shade. Old pepper tree, you were the playground of my childhood. I wrap myself in your leaves to be born again.